One of my favorite events to photograph is cutting. There is nothing more exciting than watching a great horse slide into the herd of cows, “cut” a lively cow and go nose to nose for two and half minutes! Cutting events are where a horse and rider enter a herd of cows which at congregated at one end of an arena, the horse and rider will selectively “CUT” or separate one cow from the herd. There job is to “work” that cow just like a horse and rider will on a ranch. Of course that cow has every intention of returning to the herd and will use every sneaky means necessary to get back to the herd.
The scoring is simple, all riders and horses start out with 70 points, they then receive additional points for doing things well and lose points for making mistakes. The highest scoring horse in a particular class is the winner. Now, there is certainly a lot more to it than that, but it is the shortest explanation I can give!
So here are a few pictures from the 2009 Illinois Futurity held at Du Quoin State Fair Grounds in Du Quoin, IL.
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